Tazza: The Hidden Card () is a 2014 South Korean crime film directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. It is followed by Tazza: One Eyed Jack, released in 2019.
After Ham Dae-gil enters the gambling world, he is set up as the fall guy in a crooked deal. To get revenge, he enters a final game which could be fatal to the loser.
Cast
Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P) as Ham Dae-gil Jung Yoon-seok as young Dae-gil Shin Se-kyung as Heo Mi-na Kwak Do-won as Jang Dong-sik Lee Hanee as President Woo Yoo Hae-jin as Ko Gwang-ryeol Kim Yoon-seok as Agui Han Joon-woo as Choi Wang-geun Lee Geung-young as Kko-jang Kim In-kwon as Heo Gwang-chul, Mi-na's older brother Oh Jung-se as Director Seo Park Hyo-joo as Little Madam Go Soo-hee as Madam Song Kim Joon-ho as Yu-ryeong ("Ghost") Lee Dong-hwi as Jjari ("Worth") Kim Won-hae as Artist Jo Lee Jun-hyeok as Benjie ("Pliers"), Dae-gil's helper Kim Min-sang as Dr. Hwang Jo Kyung-hyun as young Mr. Kim Son Sang-gyeong as Father Jang Park Soo-young as Chang-sik Im Jung-eun as Dae-gil's mother Lee Dong-yong as Auto repair owner Ha Seong-gwang as The Dark Knight of Ansan Song Jae-ryong as Gambling den bouncer Kim Dae-myung as Billiards hall owner Yoon Kyung-ho as Gambler in billiards hall Nicky Lee as Ppappa Bae Yu-ram as "Halibut" Ahn Jae-hong as Woon-do Jung Da-won as Joong-ki Cha Seung-ho as Bribed detective Kwak Soo-jung as Wife of auto repair owner Lee Joon-ik as O-ring man (cameo) Oh Yeon-soo as Woman at the observatory (cameo) Yeo Jin-goo as Agui's pupil (cameo) Cha Tae-hyun as Radio DJ (cameo)
Production Due to the box office success of Choi Dong-hoon's gambling epic Tazza: The High Rollers (it attracted 6.84 million in admissions in 2006, making it one of the highest-grossing Korean films that year), production company Sidus FNH announced a sequel, with Jang Joon-hwan originally attached as screenwriter/director and a release planned for late 2008. But pre-production was later halted, and Jang pulled out of the film.
Speculation about a sequel continued, given that Tajja, the famous local comic series (or "manhwa") illustrated by Huh Young-man and written by Kim Se-yeong that served as the 2006 film's source material comes in four volumes, each with entirely different characters and settings. Tazza 2 is based on the second volume Tazza: Hand of God, which was published on November 16, 2006, by Random House Korea.
In 2012, Kang Hyeong-cheol signed on to direct the sequel, and casting was finalized in late 2013, with Choi Seung-hyun as lead character Ham Dae-gil, the nephew of Goni, the protagonist in Tazza: The High Rollers.
Filming began on January 2, 2014, at a pool hall in Cheongnyangni-dong, Seoul.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 51st Grand Bell Awards Best Director Best New Actress Best Music 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Best Editing Best Music Popular Star Award 51st Paeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress 4th Annual DramaFever Awards Best Feature Film
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